1 of 3 new art books in January- Botanical artistry by Julia Trickey

   A long list of books made it onto my amazon wish list as I was shopping for Christmas presents this year but I showed self control and left them there for the time being. However, I did want to start 2020 with a few fresh ideas and thus chose 3 of them to purchase as soon as January rolled around. I am really enjoying. Today I will be sharing Botanical artistry by Julia Trickey ( I will add the amazon affiliate link at the end of the post). A book which I have been wanting to get for a while. I find it really interesting because of the highly dynamic way in which she portrays plants. I have found that plants are so often painted as static, pretty, uninspiring pictures. Pictures of the kind I don't really want to paint. It seems that with digital photography and ever increasing pixel values plants have become interesting again. This book takes a refreshing perspective and as a result is incredibly inspiring to the tired plant painter. I am hoping that some of her movement and vibrancy will find its way into my work this coming year.

   One of the interesting things about this book is that many of the pieces are of dry, dead or deteriorating plants. Not exactly what most people classically think of as a beautiful subject choice. However, the textures and colors are very alluring.


Leaves:

Seed (pods):

Flowers:

Flowers on a black background:


   Toward the end there is a section of illustrations with black backgrounds. The effect is interesting although probably not one that I will immediately imitate.

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Botanical artistry by Julia Trickey


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